The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
VIRGINIA ITEMS



Gathered From our State Exchanges.
ON last Tuesday evening IN FredcrIcks-
/ burg % boy who was feeding shucks into
/ the gin of the shuck factory of Messrs
/ Smmph A Brother accidentally threw in
/ % hammer which was concealed DOB %
/ bundle of shuck-. This stopped thc gin.
and the hv-wheel. which was situated in
/ ihc second story. going 100 the rate of
I 300 revolutions per minute flew OFT
struck the floor and bounded 0lt of oh.
door m thc second story and after
striking tmec times. went through 70
panel of fence ON the opposite side of the
street landing boz l0t Fortunately mo-
one was Ia the track OF the flying wheel,
or we might have chroniclcd q serious
accident As il was. nobody was hurt
and but little damage done
Under the caption "a Virginia midget
the Stanton bUgniah says
Some six month ago amarried lady OF
this county wa, admitted 10 the asylum a
raymg maniac She had 60 be tied 20
prevent her doing harm 20 herself and
Others until death ended her suiferings
about six weeks ago a short time before
her death she gave birth 10 a female child,
which weighed one pound. 10 was taken
i'm charge by one of the attendants, and
has been carefully nursed since. j. now
weighs pound and a half, and D. rea
sonabv healthy The father who Is
poor and has a large family of children.
has notified tbe superintendent that De
will take 10 tO hi, home.
The statement of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad Company for September
shows that the gross earnings OF the road
for the month were Sl0il2432, an inr
crease of $50 400 90. Or % per cent over
the same period in 1886 The met earn
ings were Sls63OjdO, am increase of
S4s.4jO04 over September. 1856.
The gross earnings for the niue months
from January lst 90 september 5Otn
were $1,000. BOB M. am increase of S6J2,-
Oi3s6 over the same period IN 1856.
The net earnings for nine months were
S1,2l029623. an increase oi S29O 1920
over the same time last year.
The Woodstock gigintln md Mans re-
ports that Mr. j. B. Larrlck, "a well-kn0wu
farmer living near MiddletoWn, died cry
suddenly 20 his home last Saturday eve
ming I'm The sd year of his age He had
Just returned from MiddletOwn and bad
eaten light supper when De was disc
covered sitting dead in his chair By
member of tbe family The cause Of his
death was heart disease.
While ON the way from Richmond 20
Portsmouth, Thursday. with the Pickett
Buchanan excursion. Mr.. i. 5. Warren,
clerk at the Virginia, Tennessee and
Georgia Air Line, ten while passing from
one car to another, and, striking his
head, was stunned, and remained SO for
an hour Dr. Shepherd. who vas abroad,
attended and finally restored min to con
sciOusness.
Last Saturday night at a cake-cutting
near Martinsyille. Henry county, Tom
Williams lcoloredl shot and killed james
Davis colored) Williams was in love
with a girl, and Davis had supplanted
him in the girls affections Enraged By
jealousy he drew q pistol aud deliberately
shot his rival through the head.
THE corporation Of Columbia, with ITS
lie. in the treasury, didn't make such q
bad showing after all, when 10 is com
pared with the recent statement OF the
town of Wytheyille, which shows deficit
of S3,3s92l Pretty fast for one year
transactions w-C0lumjla BHhs.ln.
The Shenandoah paNsy urges upon The
farmers of that section % have BIZ rat
day That is, il wants them All to turn
out on a fixed day, and by means OF pol
son, dogs, &c. have such slaughter OF
rats as was never before dreamed OF IN the